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Method

This routine uses the PRESS & RYBICKI implementation of the LOMB-SCARGLE algorithm, see PRESS and Rybicki, Ap.J., 338, 277. It is an adaption of a code written by David Holmgren (currently resident at QUVAD).

Bad quality data are initially excluded from the algorithm before processing.

The frequency of the highest peak found is output to the screen, along with its amplitude and an estimate of the significance of the peak. A small significance indicates that the peak is likely to be real, e.g. 'significance 0.01' means there is a 99 percent chance that the peak is real.



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